Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II

11 — General Freyberg (Crete) to the Minister of Defence — [Extract]

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11
General Freyberg (Crete) to the Minister of Defence
[Extract]

1 May 1941

For the information of the Prime Minister, I saw General Wavell here yesterday and he informed me that General Blamey had expressed the desire to keep the Anzac Corps in being for possible war in Palestine. I told the Commander-in-Chief that I had no power to make such a decision, and that my Government would have to be consulted. I think that General Wavell will approach you on this matter…1

1 See Volume I, Crete (No. 389) for complete text.

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Title: Documents Relating to New Zealand’s Participation in the Second World War 1939―45: Volume II

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1951, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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